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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 1999
1933 Act File No. 33-11387
1940 Act File No. 811-4984
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 28
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and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ X ]
Amendment No. 29
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(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
AMERICAN AADVANTAGE FUNDS
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
4333 Amon Carter Boulevard
Fort Worth, Texas 76155
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (817) 967-3509
WILLIAM F. QUINN, PRESIDENT
4333 Amon Carter Boulevard
Fort Worth, Texas 76155
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
ROBERT J. ZUTZ, ESQ.
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering March 12, 1999
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
[X] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ] 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
Registrant has adopted a master-feeder operating structure for each of its
series. This Post-Effective Amendment includes signature pages for the AMR
Investment Services Trust and the Equity 500 Index Portfolio, the master trusts,
and the American AAdvantage Funds, the feeder trust.
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AMERICAN AADVANTAGE FUNDS
CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This registration statement is comprised of the following:
Cover Sheet
Contents of Registration Statement
Prospectus for the Institutional Class consisting of the
following American AAdvantage Funds: Balanced Fund, Large Cap
Value Fund, Small Cap Value Fund, International Equity Fund,
S&P 500 Index Fund, Intermediate Bond Fund, Short-Term Bond
Fund, Money Market Fund, Municipal Money Market Fund, and U.S.
Government Money Market Fund - incorporated herein from the
Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 1999, via
EDGAR, Accession No. 0000950134-99-001375
Prospectus for the PlanAhead Class consisting of the following
American AAdvantage Funds: Balanced Fund, Large Cap Value
Fund, Small Cap Value Fund, International Equity Fund, S&P 500
Index Fund, Intermediate Bond Fund, Short-Term Bond Fund,
Money Market Fund, Municipal Money Market Fund, and U.S.
Government Money Market Fund - incorporated herein from the
Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 1999, via
EDGAR, Accession No. 0000950134-99-001375
Prospectus for the AMR Class consisting of the following
American AAdvantage Funds: Balanced Fund, Large Cap Value
Fund, Small Cap Value Fund, International Equity Fund, S&P 500
Index Fund, Intermediate Bond Fund, and Short-Term Bond Fund -
incorporated herein from the Trust's Post-Effective Amendment
No. 27 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 1, 1999, via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000950134-99-001375
Prospectus for the Platinum Class of the American AAdvantage
Money Market Fund, American AAdvantage Municipal Money Market
Fund, American AAdvantage U.S. Government Money Market Fund
and American AAdvantage Money Market Mileage Fund -
incorporated herein from the Trust's Post-Effective Amendment
No. 27 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 1, 1999, via EDGAR, Accession No. 0000950134-99-001375
Statement of Additional Information for the AMR Class,
Institutional Class and PlanAhead Class of the following
American AAdvantage Funds: Balanced Fund, Large Cap Value
Fund, Small Cap Value Fund, International Equity Fund, S&P 500
Index Fund, Intermediate Bond Fund, Short-Term Bond Fund,
Money Market Fund, Municipal Money Market Fund and U.S.
Government Money Market Fund - incorporated herein from the
Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 1999, via
EDGAR, Accession No.
0000950134-99-001375
Statement of Additional Information for the Platinum Class of
the American AAdvantage Money Market Fund, American AAdvantage
Municipal Money Market Fund, American AAdvantage U.S.
Government Money Market Fund and American AAdvantage Money
Market Mileage Fund - incorporated herein from the Trust's
Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on March 1, 1999, via EDGAR, Accession
No. 0000950134-99-001375
Signature Page for Equity 500 Index Portfolio to PEA 27
Signature Pages
The sole purpose of this filing is to complete the filing of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 27 ("PEA No. 27") as filed electronically with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 1, 1999 by including the executed signature page
for the Equity 500 Index Portfolio. This Amendment in no way affects the
Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information filed under PEA No. 27.
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SIGNATURES
Equity 500 Index Portfolio has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of American
AAdvantage Funds, as it relates to the American AAdvantage S&P 500 Index Fund,
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland on March 1, 1999.
EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO
By: /s/ Daniel O. Hirsch
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Daniel O. Hirsch
Secretary
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement on
Form N-1A of American AAdvantage Funds, as it relates to the American AAdvantage
S&P 500 Index Fund, has been signed below by the following persons, in the
capacities indicated, with respect to Equity 500 Index Portfolio on March 1,
1999.
SIGNATURE TITLE
Charles P. Biggar* Trustee
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Charles P. Biggar
S. Leland Dill* Trustee
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S. Leland Dill
Philip Saunders, Jr* Trustee
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Philip Saunders, Jr.
John Y. Keffer* President and Chief Executive Officer
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John Y. Keffer
*By: /s/ Daniel O. Hirsch
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Daniel O. Hirsch, Secretary of Equity 500 Index Portfolio,
as Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to a Power of Attorney
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies
that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this amendment to its
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to its Registration
Statement on Form N-1A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Fort Worth and the State of Texas, on March 12,
1999. No other material event requiring prospectus disclosure has occurred since
the latest of the three dates specified in Rule 485(b)(2).
AMERICAN AADVANTAGE FUNDS
By: /s/ William F. Quinn
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William F. Quinn
President
Attest:
/s/ Barry Y. Greenberg
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Barry Y. Greenberg
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
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<CAPTION>
Signature Title Date
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<S> <C> <C>
/s/ William F. Quinn President and March 12, 1999
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William F. Quinn
Alan D. Feld* Trustee March 12, 1999
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Alan D. Feld
Ben J. Fortson* Trustee March 12, 1999
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Ben J. Fortson
John S. Justin* Trustee March 12, 1999
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John S. Justin
Stephen D. O'Sullivan* Trustee March 12, 1999
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Stephen D. O'Sullivan
Roger T. Staubach* Trustee March 12, 1999
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Roger T. Staubach
Dr. Kneeland Youngblood * Trustee March 12, 1999
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Dr. Kneeland Youngblood
</TABLE>
*By /s/ William F. Quinn
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William F. Quinn, Attorney-In-Fact
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, AMR Investment Services
Trust certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this
amendment to the Registration Statement as it relates to AMR Investment Services
Trust pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly
caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registration Statement on
Form N-1A as it relates to AMR Investment Services Trust to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fort Worth
and the State of Texas, on March 12, 1999. No other material event requiring
prospectus disclosure has occurred since the latest of the three dates specified
in Rule 485(b)(2).
AMR INVESTMENT SERVICES TRUST
By: /s/ William F. Quinn
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William F. Quinn
President
Attest:
/s/ Barry Y. Greenberg
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Barry Y. Greenberg
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registration Statement for the
American AAdvantage Funds as it relates to the AMR Investment Services Trust has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
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<CAPTION>
Signature Title Date
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<S> <C> <C>
/s/ William F. Quinn President and March 12, 1999
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William F. Quinn
Alan D. Feld* Trustee March 12, 1999
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Alan D. Feld
Ben J. Fortson* Trustee March 12, 1999
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Ben J. Fortson
John S. Justin* Trustee March 12, 1999
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John S. Justin
Stephen D. O'Sullivan* Trustee March 12, 1999
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Stephen D. O'Sullivan
Roger T. Staubach* Trustee March 12, 1999
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Roger T. Staubach
Dr. Kneeland Youngblood * Trustee March 12, 1999
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Dr. Kneeland Youngblood
</TABLE>
*By /s/ William F. Quinn
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William F. Quinn, Attorney-In-Fact
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SIGNATURES
Equity 500 Index Portfolio has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 28 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of American
AAdvantage Funds, as it relates to the American AAdvantage S&P 500 Index Fund,
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland on March 12, 1999.
EQUITY 500 INDEX PORTFOLIO
By: /s/ Daniel O. Hirsch
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Daniel O. Hirsch
Secretary
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to the Registration Statement on
Form N-1A of American AAdvantage Funds, as it relates to the American AAdvantage
S&P 500 Index Fund, has been signed below by the following persons, in the
capacities indicated, with respect to Equity 500 Index Portfolio on March 12,
1999.
SIGNATURE TITLE
Charles P. Biggar* Trustee
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Charles P. Biggar
S. Leland Dill* Trustee
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S. Leland Dill
Philip Saunders, Jr* Trustee
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Philip Saunders, Jr.
John Y. Keffer* President and Chief Executive Officer
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John Y. Keffer
*By: /s/ Daniel O. Hirsch
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Daniel O. Hirsch, Secretary of Equity 500 Index Portfolio,
as Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to a Power of Attorney
